Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	294% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 800 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 175 145% 183 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,570 Write 1,395 Mixed 1,399 393% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 53.3 252% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 565 DQ Mixed 282 319% 548 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 254%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2212 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504445462 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 189 Mixed 181 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 689GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897353917 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4517 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 163209543701 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 156 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 8GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 4.52 Mixed 6.91 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 1.5 94% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 102%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16